Candace E. Lee
52 Willowbank Blvd, Toronto, ON, M4R 1B6, Canada
1-647-998-5989 | candace@hirecandace.com | www.hirecandace.com | skype: hirecandace
OBJECTIVE
Accomplished Sr. Project Manager with superior skills in managing interactive projects, with a strong focus
on accessibility, user experience, video production, social media, marketing, content strategy, and
monetization projects.
WORK HISTORY
March 2011 to Present CGI, Toronto
Senior Project Manager, Systems Integration and Consulting
CGI is a premier business and IT consulting and services firm with a solid reputation for high-quality
services. CGI celebrated its 35th year of business with over 31,000 professionals in 125 offices worldwide
who provide end-to-end IT and business process services.
Responsibilities:
• Offers in-depth support to the Business Development team by providing accurate and detailed
budgets and contributing to proposals for client pitches
• Liase with Account Leads to continue to grow the client relationship and account
• Manages and delivers interactive projects on budget, on time and on schedule, while adhering to
ISO 9001 standards
• Clients include Manulife Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
(CIBC)
May 2010 to March 2011 Devlin, Toronto
Senior Project Manager, Client Services
Devlin is full-service digital media agency with over 15 years of creating sound user experiences.
Responsibilities:
• Reporting to the VP of Client Engagement, led end-to-end project process and methodology to
standardize business practices
• Strong focus on designing and building for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
compliance as required by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC.ca) Account Lead, oversees dedicated team of project
coordinators and developers, while managing concurrent projects and maintenance initiatives
• Mentor and support team Client Services of project managers on a day-to-day basis
• Liase with Sales & Marketing team to support and drive new business opportunities in writing RFPs
and proposals and providing project cost estimates, timelines and scope
• Clients include City of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital, CAMH, Toronto Transit Commission,
and Scotiabank, managing over 1M in budgets
Mar 2009 to May 2010 Infinite Media, Toronto
Project Manager, Interactive
Infinite Media is a Toronto-based boutique digital media company creating integrated solutions for portal
development, e-learning modules and state-of-the-art video production.
Responsibilities:
• Fulfils the leadership task of conceptualizing, realizing and integrating creative strategies for short
and long-term client projects and accounts
• Conceptualizes innovative and interactive pitches to sells new business development initiatives
• Direct and enhance creative, architectural, production and video teams to develop site architecture,
learning path / user flow, taxonomy, user experience and content strategy
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• Creates application / interface aesthetic, executes project flow charts, diagrams, wireframes, and
other work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Manages client relations and day-to-day operational of all aspects of the project timeline, budget,
and scope. Clients include: Accenture, WIND Mobile, Xerox, BWM, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotia
Bank, Bank of Montreal, TTC
• Defines detailed technical project requirements and oversees production, QA and project fulfilment.
Projects types include: KM, LMS, CMS, eLearning, websites, social media strategies, viral and
corporate video production
Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 Toro Magazine Online, Toronto
Manager, Creative & Technology
Toromagazine.com, is the newest manifestation of an award winning, men's lifestyle magazine. Launched in
May 2008, the site boasts video-on-demand, animation & graphic novel and robust editorial content.
Responsibilities
• Launched Toro magazine online within 3 months of initial planning In first 3 weeks post-launch,
achieved 84k ad impressions and 50k page views
• Hired and trained suite of videographers in all aspects of shooting, lighting, sound, editing and post-
production and developed processes, workflow for producing 10 weekly video segments. Also, built
state-of-the-art HD studio
• Managed Garage Band video franchise from concept to execution, liasing with artists, record labels
and management to host and shoot interviews and studio performances by both up-and-coming
and established international musicians, including The Stills, Danko Jones, 54-40 and Broken
Social Scene
• Partnered with ET Canada to feature behind-the-scenes video of "Toro woman" photo-shoots
Responsibilities - Black Angus Media (parent company)
• Partnered with Young & Rubicam to conceptualize, pitch and develop social media and editorial
content strategies for Ford of Canada’s new brand positioning “Powered by you” and Advil’s
“Where there’s a will”
• Worked from a very basic tagline concept to help client develop and fulfil potential of site and build
a coherent campaign
• Managed project, analyzing concept and liasing between client, advertising agency, team of
designers, developers to meet requirements, within scope of strict client QA / QC standards (e.g.
ISO 9001)
Nov 2005 to Oct 2007 Canwest Interactive, Toronto
Multimedia Producer
In November 2005, was appointed Multimedia Producer at Canwest Interactive – the growth engine of the
Canwest’s Canadian Ops, also the business segment responsible for driving overall strategy and business
integration. The canada.com network includes eleven affiliated newspapers websites as well as broadcast
websites.
Responsibilities
• Spearheaded the Multimedia department, a horizontal business unit to support over 45 different
brands and web properties with a strong focus on video
• Developed live and video-on-demand strategies for all Canwest properties, including broadcast,
print, third-party and original online video content
• Managed nationwide build and roll-out of video provider and digital asset management system
across Global television stations and metro dailies, training local staff on digital video production
and customizing product for their individual needs
• Developed & maintained video channel to support canada.com, newspaper.com sites and
GlobalTV.com
• Manage video production for mobile devices, including bbTV, Canada’s first video push to
blackberry devices
• Liased with sales and marketing teams to secure sponsorship of video content and fulfil campaigns
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Successes
• Increased daily video views by 80,000% across the canada.com network - Managed the video
redesign of GlobalTV.com to showcase full episodes online & breaking news
• Nominated for the 2006 Izzy Award for Striving for Quality and Excellence
Sept 2005 to Dec 2005 University of Toronto & Centennial College
Sessional Instructor
• Developed and delivered content, visual aids and other materials for two courses: “New Media
Design” and “Tools and Processes for Communicators”
Dec 1997 to Nov 2005 Diva Media, Toronto
Freelance Publisher & Website Designer
• Designed layout of a University of Toronto textbook, Passing Through The Fever: Anatomy of an
Epidemic by L. Sawchuk and coordinated all aspects of production
• Created an e-commerce website to support sales of the textbook grossing over $60,000
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating Systems - Fluent in Mac OS (10.6-9) Windows Seven. Vista, XP, 2000, 98, 95
Software – MS Project, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point) iWork , Final Cut Studio Pro 2,
Adobe Master CS5, Logic, Soundtrack Pro, Garage Band, DVD Studio Pro, iDVD, iMovie
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and French
EDUCATION
2001-2005 BA Hons, New Media Design and French
University of Toronto
References available upon request
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